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According to Statistics Estonia, in connection with a fault that occurred in the electricity supply system of the State Infocommunication Foundation today, access to Statistics Estonia’s web services was suspended.

Luisa Nuka, analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that, year on year, the use of artificial intelligence grew 1.4 times among households and 1.5 times among enterprises. “This is probably related to the wider availability of AI-based tools and services and their integration into our daily lives. The use of AI increased the most in age group 65–74, where the share of users grew more than twice,” noted Nuka. There was also a notable rise in AI use among 35–44-year-olds. “The use of AI did not show such growth among young people, because the share of AI users was already high. Of all age groups

This is the sixth time that Statistics Estonia has been commissioned by the Education and Youth Board to analyse the economic contribution of working international students and international graduates who stay in Estonia and work here. In the academic year 2023/2024, there were 4,336 international students in Estonia and 1,960 of them worked here as well. The number of working international students has decreased, but they are more often in long-term employment Kadri Rootalu, data scientist at Statistics Estonia and the author of the report, said that, compared to the preceding academic year

The Community Innovation Survey is conducted in European countries every two years, with the most recent survey covering the reference period 2022–2024. Innovation means the introduction of new or significantly improved products or services or the implementation of improved business processes. A product or process innovation could mean the introduction of new technical solutions, the innovative combination of existing and already used technologies, or the application of knowledge available within the enterprise. Hanno Evard, analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that innovative enterprises play

Anton Kardakov, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that the number of rail passengers in the Baltic countries has increased in recent years. “This increase is likely to continue thanks to the new trains and more frequent train services. On the other hand, freight transport by rail is in decline,” added Kardakov. The first new trains arrived in 2013, and the number of passengers started to rise steadily, peaking at 8.4 million in 2019. The number of passengers fell during the coronavirus pandemic but has shown a positive trend in the post-pandemic years. There were 7.7 million rail

Swen Peterson, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that herbicides are still the most sold plant protection products. “In 2025, the sales of herbicides totalled 632 tonnes, which is over 34.7 tonnes more than in 2024. Within the available time series, it is also the largest quantity of herbicides placed on the market in Estonia in one year. Compared with 2024, the sales of insecticides and fungicides increased by about 30%,” added Peterson. Herbicides accounted for 74%, fungicides for 15.7%, growth regulators for 7.6% and insecticides for 1.9% of the total amount of pesticides sold. In

Robert Müürsepp, the National Accounts Service Manager at Statistics Estonia, said that several indicators point to the broad-based strengthening of the economy. “According to the GDP flash estimate, the rate of economic growth was slightly faster in the third quarter – both year on year and compared with the previous quarter,” noted Müürsepp. Compared with the second quarter of 2026, the seasonally and working-day adjusted GDP grew by 0.6% in the third quarter according to the flash estimate. What is a flash estimate of GDP? The official data on GDP for the third quarter of 2026 will be